Steven D. Matege

Strategic communicator, content & design expert | photography I Alum of Imagine the future @UNIV_TSUKUBA_EN & We build for the future @Makerere

[Steven D. Matege @dsvenmat]

The cycle of all revolutions... past, present and future:
A thread

“The cause of the Party’s defectiveness must be found. All our principles were right, but our results were wrong. This is a diseased century. We diagnosed the disease and its causes with microscopic exactness,

[The New Vision @newvisionwire]

🗞️ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 | 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
💉 HIV drug boost as Government receives 19,200 more doses

⚖️ Chaotic scenes delay the bail ruling for Erias Lukwago

🗳️ The Electoral Commission sets the date for the upcoming LC1 elections.

👶 19 babies stolen across five districts as police arrest three suspects.

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[SENYO @Senyyo]

Give the trophy to Argentina already

No Card No Card👏

[Ovie @OvieO]

Been seeing comments about Norway having so many fans, while Senegal barely has any.

That’s because Senegalese supporters were not given visas to come to the U.S.

Even before a ball is kicked, Western/European teams already have an unfair advantage.

[𝐟𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐯 @heis_fede]

Klose didn’t get 6 penalties in 8 games

[Nuel @LfcNuel]

🚨 JUST IN 🚨
FIFA will apologize to Iran following their disallowed goal versus Belgium. Mehdi Taremi thought he'd given his side the lead following a smartly worked free kick, followed by a tidy finish from the striker, just out of reach of Courtois' outstretched arm.

The decision of offside was given on field before there was a subsequent VAR check where the goal was confirmed as offside. However, FIFA have revealed there were several errors which led to the goal being wrongfully disallowed. The first being the VAR team marking out their lines based off the wrong player, and Taremi was in fact being kept onside by a Belgium defender when the free kick was taken.

The VAR team quickly realized this once play had restarted, but it was too late to correct the mistake. Iran feel this was done intentionally by FIFA, believing that with the US as the hosts, they have been told to try and have them eliminated from the competition at the earliest opportunity, and that they don't care how obvious it is that that's the case."

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

"New leader will be in place before Parliament returns in September, I will remain in post until the contest is complete"

Keir Starmer announces he will resign as UK prime minister and leader of the Labour Party

Follow live updates and reaction: https://t.co/8HkQf7O9cD

[Typical African @Joe__Bassey]

This is exactly how it’s supposed to be.

[The Data of Everything @TheDataHubX]

Countries With The Largest HIV-Positive Populations

1. 🇿🇦 South Africa - 7,800,000
2. 🇮🇳 India - 2,600,000
3. 🇲🇿 Mozambique - 2,500,000
4. 🇳🇬 Nigeria - 2,000,000
5. 🇹🇿 Tanzania - 1,800,000
6. 🇺🇬 Uganda - 1,500,000
7. 🇿🇲 Zambia - 1,400,000
8. 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe - 1,300,000
9. 🇰🇪 Kenya - 1,300,000
10. 🇧🇷 Brazil - 1,100,000
11. 🇲🇼 Malawi - 990,000
12. 🇨🇩 DR Congo - 610,000
13. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia - 600,000
14. 🇹🇭 Thailand - 570,000
15. 🇮🇩 Indonesia - 570,000
16. 🇨🇲 Cameroon - 510,000
17. 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast - 410,000
18. 🇲🇽 Mexico - 400,000
19. 🇦🇴 Angola - 370,000
20. 🇧🇼 Botswana - 360,000
21. 🇵🇰 Pakistan - 350,000
22. 🇬🇭 Ghana - 330,000
23. 🇲🇲 Myanmar - 290,000
24. 🇱🇸 Lesotho - 260,000
25. 🇷🇼 Rwanda - 240,000
26. 🇨🇴 Colombia - 230,000
27. 🇸🇿 Eswatini - 220,000
28. 🇳🇦 Namibia - 220,000
29. 🇵🇭 Philippines - 220,000
30. 🇪🇸 Spain - 160,000
31. 🇭🇹 Haiti - 150,000
32. 🇸🇸 South Sudan - 150,000
33. 🇮🇹 Italy - 150,000
34. 🇦🇷 Argentina - 140,000
35. 🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo - 130,000
36. 🇬🇳 Guinea - 130,000
37. 🇵🇪 Peru - 130,000
38. 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea - 120,000
39. 🇹🇩 Chad - 120,000
40. 🇧🇯 Benin - 70,000

Source: World Population Review (WHO & IHME Data)

[Seyed Abbas Araghchi @araghchi]

Tireless Pakistani and Qatari mediation has delivered major progress to end Lebanon War. Oil and petrochem exports are waived, blockade lifted, some frozen assets released, and major reconstruction & development plan launched for Iran.

1st real test: Lebanon deconfliction cell

[Global Statistics @Globalstats11]

World's Top 100 Biggest Economies in 2026

1. 🇨🇳 China - $43.49 Trillion
2. 🇺🇸 United States - $31.82 Trillion
3. 🇮🇳 India - $19.14 Trillion
4. 🇷🇺 Russia - $7.34 Trillion
5. 🇯🇵 Japan - $6.92 Trillion
6. 🇩🇪 Germany - $6.32 Trillion
7. 🇮🇩 Indonesia - $5.36 Trillion
8. 🇧🇷 Brazil - $5.16 Trillion
9. 🇫🇷 France - $4.66 Trillion
10. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom - $4.59 Trillion
11. 🇹🇷 Turkey - $3.98 Trillion
12. 🇮🇹 Italy - $3.82 Trillion
13. 🇲🇽 Mexico - $3.55 Trillion
14. 🇰🇷 South Korea - $3.49 Trillion
15. 🇪🇸 Spain - $2.94 Trillion
16. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia - $2.85 Trillion
17. 🇨🇦 Canada - $2.81 Trillion
18. 🇪🇬 Egypt - $2.53 Trillion
19. 🇳🇬 Nigeria - $2.39 Trillion
20. 🇵🇱 Poland - $2.12 Trillion
21. 🇹🇼 Taiwan - $2.07 Trillion
22. 🇦🇺 Australia - $2.06 Trillion
23. 🇻🇳 Vietnam - $1.94 Trillion
24. 🇮🇷 Iran - $1.93 Trillion
25. 🇹🇭 Thailand - $1.92 Trillion
26. 🇧🇩 Bangladesh - $1.90 Trillion
27. 🇵🇰 Pakistan - $1.76 Trillion
28. 🇵🇭 Philippines - $1.59 Trillion
29. 🇦🇷 Argentina - $1.58 Trillion
30. 🇲🇾 Malaysia - $1.56 Trillion
31. 🇳🇱 Netherlands - $1.56 Trillion
32. 🇨🇴 Colombia - $1.24 Trillion
33. 🇿🇦 South Africa - $1.06 Trillion
34. 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates - $1.00 Trillion
35. 🇸🇬 Singapore - $988.8 Billion
36. 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan - $973.4 Billion
37. 🇷🇴 Romania - $949.3 Billion
38. 🇧🇪 Belgium - $925.7 Billion
39. 🇩🇿 Algeria - $915.8 Billion
40. 🇨🇭 Switzerland - $909.1 Billion
41. 🇮🇪 Ireland - $836.7 Billion
42. 🇸🇪 Sweden - $809.5 Billion
43. 🇨🇱 Chile - $740.4 Billion
44. 🇮🇶 Iraq - $739.1 Billion
45. 🇺🇦 Ukraine - $730.8 Billion
46. 🇦🇹 Austria - $705.0 Billion
47. 🇵🇪 Peru - $682.8 Billion
48. 🇨🇿 Czech Republic - $677.7 Billion
49. 🇳🇴 Norway - $621.1 Billion
50. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong - $618.1 Billion
51. 🇮🇱 Israel - $600.5 Billion
52. 🇵🇹 Portugal - $556.4 Billion
53. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia - $530.8 Billion
54. 🇩🇰 Denmark - $529.3 Billion
55. 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan - $511.0 Billion
56. 🇬🇷 Greece - $485.1 Billion
57. 🇭🇺 Hungary - $478.5 Billion
58. 🇲🇦 Morocco - $457.5 Billion
59. 🇰🇪 Kenya - $430.3 Billion
60. 🇦🇴 Angola - $417.2 Billion
61. 🇶🇦 Qatar - $410.6 Billion
62. 🇫🇮 Finland - $384.9 Billion
63. 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic - $353.7 Billion
64. 🇧🇾 Belarus - $319.5 Billion
65. 🇹🇿 Tanzania - $317.9 Billion
66. 🇪🇨 Ecuador - $315.9 Billion
67. 🇬🇭 Ghana - $314.6 Billion
68. 🇳🇿 New Zealand - $309.1 Billion
69. 🇬🇹 Guatemala - $297.1 Billion
70. 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire - $289.1 Billion
71. 🇲🇲 Myanmar - $286.4 Billion
72. 🇰🇼 Kuwait - $285.9 Billion
73. 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan - $282.2 Billion
74. 🇧🇬 Bulgaria - $279.2 Billion
75. 🇸🇰 Slovak Republic - $266.9 Billion
76. 🇴🇲 Oman - $245.9 Billion
77. 🇻🇪 Venezuela - $231.4 Billion
78. 🇷🇸 Serbia - $225.6 Billion
79. 🇨🇩 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - $225.5 Billion
80. 🇵🇦 Panama - $211.0 Billion
81. 🇭🇷 Croatia - $207.4 Billion
82. 🇺🇬 Uganda - $205.3 Billion
83. 🇳🇵 Nepal - $194.9 Billion
84. 🇹🇳 Tunisia - $193.6 Billion
85. 🇨🇲 Cameroon - $183.3 Billion
86. 🇨🇷 Costa Rica - $178.0 Billion
87. 🇱🇹 Lithuania - $173.1 Billion
88. 🇵🇷 Puerto Rico - $166.3 Billion
89. 🇰🇭 Cambodia - $160.0 Billion
90. 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan - $159.0 Billion
91. 🇵🇾 Paraguay - $145.1 Billion
92. 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe - $144.9 Billion
93. 🇯🇴 Jordan - $138.0 Billion
94. 🇸🇩 Sudan - $135.9 Billion
95. 🇺🇾 Uruguay - $135.1 Billion
96. 🇱🇾 Libya - $132.8 Billion
97. 🇸🇮 Slovenia - $128.1 Billion
98. 🇬🇪 Georgia - $123.0 Billion
99. 🇧🇭 Bahrain - $118.1 Billion
100. 🇱🇺 Luxembourg - $108.6 Billion

Note: GDP Figures Based on PPP (Purchasing Power Parity)

Source: IMF via Voronoi by Visual Capitalist

[The Hormuz Letter @HormuzLetter]

BREAKING: Massive fire burning at Qatar's Ras Laffan LNG facility, the world's largest LNG production and export complex, with loud explosions heard. Bahrain was also shaken by explosions.

[إيران الأن @ozmos_2]

قبل دقائق من دخول قاعة المفاوضات . "مخبر مجهول" يكشف فخًا أمريكيًا للوفد الايراني عراقجي!

تلقى الوفد الإيراني المفاوض معلومات استخبارية حاسمة قبل وصوله إلى مقر المحادثات بدقائق معدودة.

مصدر مجهول حذّر من أن القاعة التي أعدها الأمريكيون ليست مجرد مكان للتفاوض، بل "فخ محكم"! الصحفيون المنتشرون بكثافة داخل القالة ليسوا كما يبدون، فمعهم أجهزة تصوير حديثة، وهيئاتهم لا تشبه هيئات الإعلاميين المعروفين.
عندها، اتخذ عراقجي قرارًا صارمًا: "إما تغيير القاعة وإخلاؤها من هؤلاء، أو لا تفاوض،
هنا انفجر ترامب غاضبًا، مهددًا بأن الوفد الإيراني لن يعود إلى بلاده إذا أُغلق مضيق هرمز.. لكن السؤال الأكبر يبقى:

من كان وراء تلك الرسالة الاستخبارية؟ وماذا كانت ستحدث لو دخل عراقجي تلك القاعة؟

[Brattani @Bratt_world]

@araghchi looked over the shoulder of @CMShehbaz and seen something.

Was security there signalling to him ? Vance looks worried too.

[Megatron @Megatron_ron]

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇵🇰 The feelings of shock and disappointment on the face of Pakistan's Prime Minister, after he was informed by the Iranian delegation they are leaving after Trump threatened them.

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

4 - Sweden are the first side to win their first game by 4+ goals (5-1) and then lose their second by 4+ goals (1-5) at a FIFA World Cup tournament since...

Sweden in 1938.

ABBA.

[Arnaud Bertrand @RnaudBertrand]

Yet another absolutely perfect example of how Western leaders don't understand China at all, and how that's ultimately detrimental... to them.

The "Plaza Accord" is pretty much universally seen in China as the textbook case of Western economic imperialism - the moment America weaponized currency policy to kneecap Japan. And, case in point, it's widely seen as the trigger for Japan's so-called "lost decades."

Plus there's of course the profound idiocy of telling the Chinese you want to treat them like the Japanese...

Explicitly saying that's your objective is just about the single best thing you can say to rally all of China against whatever it is you're proposing.

Src for article: https://t.co/1wwF2aZ3s4

[The New Vision @newvisionwire]

🗞️ In the #WeekendVision
🔎 🔎 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗖𝗜𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧: Hired to kill for just sh300,000 — inside the disturbing rise of city mercenaries.
🎙️ 𝗕𝗜𝗚 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗜𝗘𝗪: MP Kabanda speaks out on why he left the top PLU job.

Get the full stories, analysis, and more in today’s edition of Weekend Vision.

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[Steven D. Matege @dsvenmat]

If you do not write it soon, your memory will start telling you lies, which will in turn find their way in the story told 'later'.
No one is immune to mind tricks!

[David Sejusa, DM. @sejudav]

When our units(Hqters/Combined headquarters, High Command, Causality unit,etc.....) were attacked by that massive UNLA force(2 reinforced battalions) under then brigadier Zed Maruru at Lubega Dam-Ngoma, in 1984, it was because I was relying on an old military radio with old battery which got drained overnight and I couldn't get the WARNING MESSAGE from Chairman High command who was with another force in Hoima. We lost st some fine soldiers like MUSUNBIGI(Muzambique..)! At the time, we were still using courier system ; abebigere/foot communication agents.... So to reach Benon Tumukunde who was in SHAKA-ZIRAGURA just 10 miles away, had to send Serwanga-Lwaga on foot.....mbu AMERICAN SUPPORT;😏!

How can people supported by Britain and America not have basic communication equipment and batteries in 1984? People should stop this nonsense. It insults the memory of those who Perished due to lack of drugs, due to lack of arms, those who fought naked and hungry. NRA historic struggle was one of its kind, and REVISIONISM to the contrary is nonsense!

Can now see why it is important to write and tell our story, THE WAY IT WAS.

[Osaretin Victor Asemota @asemota]

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[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: European Parliament replaces Google with French search engine Qwant to reduce reliance on U.S. tech.